fingerprint

nouns

a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
fingerprint
is a type of (narrower)
the automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics
"negative identification can only be accomplished through biometric identification"; "if a pin or password is lost or forgotten it can be changed and reissued but a biometric identification cannot"
biometric authentication, biometric identification, identity verification
is a type of (narrower)
a visible indication made on a surface
"some previous reader had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were everywhere"
mark, print
a generic term for any identifying characteristic
"that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"
fingerprint
is a type of (narrower)
evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
identification
a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
fingermark, fingerprint

verbs

take an impression of a person's fingerprints
fingerprint
is derived from
fingerprinting
is a type of (narrower)
make a copy or equivalent of
"reproduce the painting"
reproduce